Scott Morrison

Director at Zai Lab

Scott Morrison joined the Zai Lab Board of Directors in October 2021 and serves as a member of the Audit Committee.

He has served public and private companies in the life sciences industry since 1980. He was a Partner with Ernst & Young LLP from 1996 to December 2015, serving as its U.S. Life Sciences Leader from 2002 to December 2015. During his tenure at EY he worked on hundreds of public and private financings, M&A transactions, and corporate collaborations. Mr. Morrison retired in December 2015 and now serves on the boards and chairs the Audit Committees of Audentes, Inc. (through its sale to Astellas in January 2020), Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Global Blood Therapeutics, IDEAYA Biosciences and Vera Therapeutics. He also serves as a member of the Compensation Committee for GBT and Corvus and is a member of the GBT’s Commercial Committee.

Mr. Morrison has also served as a director on several life sciences industry boards including the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) ECS board, the Bay Area Biosciences Board (now CLSA), the Life Sciences Foundation, and the Biotechnology Institute. Mr. Morrison was awarded the CLSA Pantheon 2016 Life Sciences Leadership Award. Mr. Morrison holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the Haas School at University of California, Berkeley and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).